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I got the results from my blood work and everything was fine, except my cholesterol is borderline high at 207. I rarely eat red meat, never eat eggs, have shellfish every once in a great while, and fast food isn't even in my vocabulary. I work out 6 days a week anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours a session. What gives?

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And everything else was normal?

Usually when one thing is out of whack, it throws other thing out also. At least that's been my experience. Could be a false-positive.

What did your Dr think? Did he put you on meds? or did he think to give it some time.

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He said everything else was normal and he was confident it could be controlled through diet and exercise. He doesn't think it's time for meds yet. I was just very shocked that it was higher than last year when I've been eating better and exercising like a fiend for months. I have a sneaking suspicion that it may be partly genetic since my father is on cholesterol meds and he's not obese (maybe a little overweight but nothing terrible).

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Does high cholesterol run in your family? It has a strong genetic component.

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I got the results from my blood work and everything was fine' date=' except my cholesterol is borderline high at 207. I rarely eat red meat, never eat eggs, have shellfish every once in a great while, and fast food isn't even in my vocabulary. I work out 6 days a week anywhere from 45 minutes to 2 hours a session. What gives?[/quote']

Welcome to my world!!!

I have genetically high cholesterol. Never eat red meat, whole eggs, pork and still have high numbers. Last bp test was like 107/65. I do at least 1 hr cardio 7 days a week.

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